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Head, Business Partnering

Federation University Australia
Ballarat, VIC
A$136,126 p/a + up to 17% superannuation
Human Resources & Recruitment → Consulting & Generalist HR
Full-time
On-site

Posted 3 days ago


Are you ready to make a significant impact and drive the evolution of strategic business partnership at Federation? If you have a growth mindset, a passion for driving cultural change, simplification, and continuous improvement, we'd love you to apply!

Join us in fostering a culture of inclusion, innovation, excellence, collaboration, and empowerment, and be part of a dynamic People and Culture team with access to contemporary tools and a shared appetite to do things differently.

You'll be:

  • Leading a partnering team, experienced but keen to grow
  • Building strategic capability, engagement, and expertise across the function
  • Advocating for and driving our organisational culture, vision, values, strategies, and plans
  • Work in partnership with Senior Leadership Teams to co-create future ready people plans

Reporting directly into the Director, People and Culture, you'll have a growth mindset, the ability to drive sustainable business performance through effective people partnering across performance, talent, remuneration, organisational design and change, strategic workforce planning, and leadership development.

You'll be ready to drive team performance and make a positive impact across the organisation, capably, and courageously influence and challenge, and have a passion to work with others to get the job done, championing progressive, transformational, and contemporary practice.

If you bring this we'll offer you a fun, change-ready, talented and capable team, a leader invested in your growth and development and an opportunity-rich environment with leaders ready to bring our organisation's vision to life.

How to apply

Please apply by Sunday, 11 May 2025

Applicants are required to submit a suitability statement not to exceed two pages and a resume.

View position description

Federation University is committed to The Circle Back Initiative program, whereby we will respond to every applicant.

If you are experiencing technical difficulties with your application, please email the Recruitment team or phone 03 5327 9756. Our position descriptions also list a contact person for job specific inquiries.

For more information on a career with us, please visit our website or let our staff tell you more.


About Federation University Australia

Ballarat, VIC, Australia
Education & Training
1001-5000 employees

As Australia’s leading regional university, the desire to transform lives, enhance communities and build a strong and sustainable university informs everything we do.

We became Federation University Australia in 2014 – a new entity bringing together almost 150 years of history making us as one of the oldest universities in Australia.

We have campuses in Victoria across Ballarat, Berwick, Gippsland and the Wimmera, as well as vocational and trade education at our Victorian TAFE campuses.

We are a diverse community with over 18,500 domestic and international students, 1,650 staff and 118,000 alumni across Australia and the world.

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